“A harsh way for it to all go down, a stinging feeling that would be hard to let go. Less than 48 hours for them to get over it,” writes the Daily News’s Justin Tasch.

The New York Post called the Rangers’ play a “gutty performance” but one that couldn’t see them spend enough time out of their own zone.

Live in your end, die in your end. That’s the takeaway from Friday’s Game 2, 4-3 overtime defeat to the Canadiens the Rangers can chew on as they prepare for Sunday night’s fulcrum match at the Garden. — New York Post’s Larry Brooks